The Guardian view on Brexit and bureaucracy: the cost of absurdity | Editorial

Conservatives continue to obsess about the burden to business of red tape, except where it is real – at the EU borderAmong the various grievances that led to Britain’s departure from the European Union, resentment of worker protections was not dominant for most voters. But it was a point of urgency among many Conservative MPs, for whom freedom to deregulate was the purpose of Brexit.That is what they meant by regaining sovereignty: emancipation from rules that, in Eurosceptic demonology, suffocate enterprise and limit prosperity. In that ideological conception, a successful Brexit is one that casts off the bureaucratic shackles as soon as possible. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/20/the-guardian-view-on-brexit-and-bureaucracy-the-cost-of-absurdity #brexit #european_union #trade_policy #politics #conservatives #europe #business #boris_johnson #kwasi_kwarteng #fishing_industry #employment_law